Christmas Preparations

Well Christmas is drawing closer and I am in a slow frenzy finishing up some things for year end at work and cleaning the house in preparation for company during the Christmastide. Unfortunately I haven't got a lot of time in quilting land, but come the 28th I am putting the pedal to the medal and working on finishing up some projects that I have had on the go way too long.  Yeah like since 2000.  

I hate to admit how long some of these projects have been sitting.  I either lost interest or the reason for making the quilt initially has changed, not to mention my style preference has really changed as well.  I am sure that a lot of crafters have projects like this.  And  you hate to throw them out, wasting fabric and the time you spent making them.  In the past I was lucky to be involved in some great guilds so I could bring it there to them and donate it as a comfort quilt and someone would take over finishing and quilting it.  Great deal all around I think. 

 I was able to get the quilted coins top done.  This was a great tutorial by Don't call me Betsy that is perfect for showing off all the fabrics from the Dr. Seuss line.  Arlene did the quilting on it, a simple double stipple that is fairly large in yellow thread.  I just love how it looks. 

One plan for the new year is do a big purge of fabrics and craft supplies.  I need to whittle things down to a manageable size, which means making up a lot of little projects to use up bits and pieces.  Right now I am loving the zip bags.  I have so far made two in different sizes and colors. I see a lot more just to use up some fat quarters and a big box of zippers that is threatening to spill over its container.

Wet Wet World

The skies have opened and its been raining pretty much two and a half days now.  I am starting to feel a bit waterlogged, despite knowing the extra water will be good for the water table and the lawns and everything else that grows.  Needless to say it makes me want to lock myself in the sewing room and quilt, only coming out for food.  Sadly I haven't spent as much time as I had hoped for there as my father in law came to visit, and with the DH on night shift, the poor man was all on his own for much of his time here. 

SuperNova

HST's

I did get the blocks done for the Super Nova Quilt along at Freshly Pieced and am waiting for step two, inserting the intersections.  The turquoise and indigo HST's which I was doing so well on, making a few blocks each day has stopped, though I hope to get a few done tonight before the new episode of NCIS.
I have done no work on the Coins Quilt along run by Don't Call me Betsy.  I was waiting on some fabric and now that it has come, I haven't found the desire to just suck it up and finish off the top.  My longarm quilter, Arlene will love me, cause I will have two bags of tops for her to do, rather than the usual one a month.  I still have to put together the blocks from the Bloggers Blockapalooza too.  So there is no shortage of work to be done, just the energy to do it.  Any one got a whip?  A carrot?  Chocolate will work too!